Colin Todhunter Globally, there is an ongoing trend of a handful of big companies determining what food is grown, how it is grown, what is in it and who sells it. This model involves highly processed food adulterated with chemical inputs ending up in large near-monopoly supermarket chains or fast-food outlets that rely on industrial-scale …
The world’s 10 richest billionaires have collectively seen their wealth increase by $540bn over this period. In September 2020, Jeff Bezos could have paid all 876,000 Amazon employees a $105,000 bonus and still be as wealthy as he was before COVID.
****News Topic 228***** Walmart Apologizes After Calling Senator Hawley “Sore Loser” In Tweet Mocking Election Challenge Walmart Apologizes After Calling Senator Hawley “Sore Loser” In Tweet Mocking Election Challenge Update (1520ET): Out of left field, Walmart decided to pick a fight with Sen. Josh Hawley, calling him a ” sore loser” in a tweet written […]
By Robert Bridge | Strategic Culture Foundation | December 28, 2020 Once it became clear to the Western elite that their subjects would readily accept draconian anti-Covid measures, it encouraged them to usher in a code-red lifestyle where there will be no ‘return to normal’ in the foreseeable future and, possibly, ever. If nothing else, […]
The COVID-driven centralization of economic power and information control in the hands of a few corporate monopolies poses enduring threats to political freedom By Glenn Greenwald | December 28, 2020 Asserting that Donald Trump is a fascist-like dictator threatening the previously sturdy foundations of U.S. democracy has been a virtual requirement over the last four … … Continue reading →
The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal sponsored a debate between myself and four of the leading academic activists on food insecurity among college students. Here is a list of those experts; my piece is reposted below.
Sara Goldrick-Rab is Professor of Higher Education Policy & Sociology at Temple University, and Founding Director of the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice in Philadelphia.
This wasn’t the door-busting Holiday message shoppers were expecting. Shortly after submitting a resignation letter to his manager, 17-year-old Walmart employee Jackson Racicot used the intercom system to announce he was quitting at the Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada store.
